Limited Job #2: Beastmaster

[RyuDragnier]

Limited jobs are a colossal waste of dev time. The game currently suffers from lacking endgame content as is, and now that we know limited job means its not going to be supported for relevant content at all, people will not do the same as they did with BLU and actually bother with it, unless they are part of the tiny minority who want to mess around with it for more than an hour or two, or are completionists (another tiny TIIIIIINY minority).

Yes, lets toss away a system instead of working on it, making it better, perfecting it. I'd rather them make a system better than leave it out to dry. The first is a process of willing to make it work and possibly come up with a few ideas that can lead to them eventually being normal jobs or make current jobs better. The second is basically wasting code, diminishing people's attempts to make something unique, and comes across as a thought process that eventually leads to no innovation because you're so terrified of failure.

[Vahlnir]

Yes, lets toss away a system instead of working on it, making it better, perfecting it. I'd rather them make a system better than leave it out to dry.

I agree! However, they are way too slow to update the one we have already, and its design is flawed at best with no signs of significant improvements anytime soon. So...I feel that their time and resources would be better spent elsewhere (aka, not on another limited job) since they clearly don't care enough to fix what we already have, at least not in a timely manner.

[RyuDragnier]

I agree! However, they are way too slow to update the one we have already, and its design is flawed at best with no signs of significant improvements anytime soon. So...I feel that their time and resources would be better spent elsewhere (aka, not on another limited job) since they clearly don't care enough to fix what we already have, at least not in a timely manner.

That's completely understandable. Viera and Hrothgar were down to the wire to get them out for ShB, so I imagine a lot of stuff got pushed back or had to be rushed through. Content such as the relics, the new Diadem, the BLU update itself (it originally was supposed to come out during the late SB patches)...I really don't expect to see a new Limited Job for a while.

[ForteNightshade]

Yes, lets toss away a system instead of working on it, making it better, perfecting it. I'd rather them make a system better than leave it out to dry. The first is a process of willing to make it work and possibly come up with a few ideas that can lead to them eventually being normal jobs or make current jobs better. The second is basically wasting code, diminishing people's attempts to make something unique, and comes across as a thought process that eventually leads to no innovation because you're so terrified of failure.

Blue Mage released almost a year ago and they have done precisely nothing to improve upon the myriad of problems. The upcoming patch serves to only add a glorified Wondrous Tales knock off. Since we don't know the full details, this could pan out better than anticipated but this is where the dev team needs to make an impact with Limited Jobs. If Blue Mage is once again relegated to something mildly entertaining for a week before being ignored for 7+ months, it shows—in my opinion, at very least—they simply aren't able or willing to dedicate enough time to make it worthwhile.

Simply put, let's see if they can make Blue Mage fun before discussing a second Limited Job because as of now... it's not a well received addition.